{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"4850","citation":"Pen. Code, § 4850","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000. - 10008.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3"},{"name":"TITLE 6. REPRIEVES, PARDONS AND COMMUTATIONS [4800. - 4906.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3/title-6"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Duties of Supreme Court [4850. - 4852.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-3/title-6/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 36, Sec. 18.   (AB 452)   Effective January 1, 2018.","effective":"2018-01-01","html":"<p>An application that has not received a recommendation from the Board of Parole Hearings favorable to the applicant shall not be forwarded to the Clerk/Executive Officer of the Supreme Court, unless the Governor, notwithstanding the fact that the board has failed to make a recommendation favorable to the applicant, especially refers an application to the justices for their recommendation.</p>","text":"An application that has not received a recommendation from the Board of Parole Hearings favorable to the applicant shall not be forwarded to the Clerk/Executive Officer of the Supreme Court, unless the Governor, notwithstanding the fact that the board has failed to make a recommendation favorable to the applicant, especially refers an application to the justices for their recommendation.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/duties-of-supreme-court-4850","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}